Standing on the very same field where 10 years earlier he took Sam Dyson deep, flung his bat to the sky and won a playoff series with his signature moment for the Toronto Blue Jays, Jose Bautista is initially reluctant to talk.

This new moment of majesty, as Monday night bled into Tuesday morning and a 4-3 Game 7 win secured a place in the World Series, belonged to George Springer and No. 19, name on the Level of Excellence, and all, is reluctant to infringe.

Eventually, though, he’s compelled by reasoning that having been in a nearly identical spot, rallying in the seventh inning of a winner-take-all game, and delivering the same blow to the same area of the Rogers Centre outfield, a three-run homer to left, he possesses unique insight into Springer’s big swing.

“But promise me,” he re

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